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Rocco Yim: "Being Chinese in Architecture"
Architecture Lecture Series
Monday, November 7, 2005, 7 pm
Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus
Info: 415.703.9562
What does it mean to be Chinese in contemporary architecture? Is Chinese-ness a genuinely discernable quality that can be consciously pursued in architecture? Or is it a subtle reflection of the designer's personality, conditioned by ancestral mentality and taste, and therefore incidental rather than deliberate? Architect Rocco Yim will address these and other questions in his lecture at CCA.
Hong Kong born, Rocco Yim is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong and started his own practice in 1979. He was one of three co-winners for the Opera de la Bastille International Competition in 1983. His entry for the New Alexandria Library International Competition was awarded an Honorable Mention in 1989. The Lok Fu Centre project and Hollywood Terrace project were awarded Gold Medals by ARCASIA in 1992 and 2003. In 2004, he won the international invitational competition for the Museum of Guangdong.
His work has been published in such regional and international journals as SD, SPACE, AR, Zoo, ROOT, Domus, Art in America, and Architectural Review. His work has been published in two monographs: The City in Architecture in 2003 and Being Chinese in Architecture in 2004.
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